Attorney Profile

Stewart Werner is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer. His practice is focused on the trial and appeals of civil matters -- including business and commercial law disputes, divorce and family law, estate administration, legal malpractice, and personal injury. He is a qualified Mediator, having trained at the Academy of Attorney-Mediators in Dallas and the Attorney-Mediator Institute in Houston. Among his civic activities, Mr. Werner is a part-time instructor of Business Law at West Texas A&M University, an alumnus of  Leadership Amarillo, and a supporter and former board member of Family Support Services of Amarillo.

Areas of Practice

• Adoption
• Business & Commercial Law
• Child Support
• Custody & Visitation
• Divorce
• Energy Law
• Family Law
• Legal Malpractice
• Personal Injury -- Plaintiff
• Probate & Estate Administration
• Real Estate Law
• Litigation & Appeals

Litigation Percentage

• 90% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

• Oklahoma, 1980
• Texas, 1984
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas, 1986
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1984
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Oklahoma, 1982
• U.S. District Court Western District of Oklahoma, 1980

Education

• University of Oklahoma College of Law, Norman, Oklahoma, 1979
  J.D.
  Honors: With Honors
  Honors: Order of the Coif
  Law Review: Oklahoma Law Review, Article Editor and Note Editor
  
  
• Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, 1976
  B.B.A.
  
  

Classes/Seminars Taught

• Instructor, Business Law, West Texas A&M University

Professional Associations and Memberships

• State Bar of Texas (Section Member: Litigation, Family Law)
  Member
  
  
• State Bar of Oklahoma
  Member
  
  
• Amarillo Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Panhandle Family Law Association
  Member
  
  
• American Bar Association
  Member
  
  
• Amarillo Chamber of Commerce
  Member
  
  
• Leadership Amarillo
  Alumnus
  
  
• Family Support Services of Amarillo
  Former Director
  
  

Past Employment Positions

• Mullin Hoard & Brown, Partner, 1990 - 1997
• Whittenburg, Whittenburg & Schacter, Partner, 1990
• Whittenburg, Whittenburg & Schacter, Associate, 1988 - 1990
• Phillips Petroleum Company, Oklahoma City, Houston, & Amarillo, In-house Litigation Attorney, 1981 - 1988
• Walker, Walker & Corbyn, Associate, 1980 - 1981

Birth Information

• July 19, 1954, Painesville, Ohio